Fuck Me Pumps

This article is about the Amy Winehouse song. For the type of footwear, see fuck-me shoes.
"Pumps"
Single by Amy Winehouse
from the album Frank
A-side "Help Yourself"
B-side "(There Is) No Greater Love"
Released 23 August 2004 (2004-08-23)
Format CD
Recorded 2003
Genre
Length 3:20
Label Island
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Salaam Remi
Amy Winehouse singles chronology
"In My Bed"/"You Sent Me Flying"
(2004)		 "Pumps"/"Help Yourself"
(2004)		 "Rehab"
(2006)
Music video
"Fuck Me Pumps" on YouTube

"Fuck Me Pumps" is a song by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse from her debut studio album Frank (2003). Written by Winehouse and Salaam Remi, the song was released in the United Kingdom as the album's fourth and final single on 23 August 2004 under the title "Pumps"—with "Help Yourself" as its coupling track—reaching number sixty-five on the UK Singles Chart. A clean radio edit was released for promotional purposes.

The track is about stereotypical "gold-digging" girls. The term "fuck-me pumps" or "FMPs" is a slang expression for sexy women's shoes, particularly those featuring bare heels. Chris Willman from Entertainment picked "Fuck Me Pumps" as the best song from Frank.[1]

Music video

The music video for "Pumps" shows Winehouse walking the streets with a microphone wearing pumps (high-heeled shoes). It shows the type of girls whom Winehouse sings about in the song in front of a nightclub arguing, as well as Winehouse walking through several streets with a microphone in her hand. The farther she walks, the shorter the coil on the microphone gets. Along with the lyrical phrases about money-hungry women looking for security and love, Winehouse sarcastically explains the irony of it.

Personnel

Credits adapted from "Pumps / Help Yourself" CD liner notes[2]

Track listing

UK CD single[3]
  1. "Pumps"
  2. "Help Yourself"
  3. "(There Is) No Greater Love" (AOL Session)

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 65

See also

References

  1. ↑ Willman, Chris (10 November 2007). "Frank". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pumps / Help Yourself" (CD liner notes). Amy Winehouse. United Kingdom: Island. 2004. CID 865/986 708-7.
  3. ↑ "Pumps / Help Yourself: Amy Winehouse". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2004-09-04" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 February 2015.

External links

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